FHIIYGAMID.E. — LIMNEI'HILUS. 213 



B. Anterior wings with the hinder margin entire, truncated obliquely. 



Sp. 2. Lineola. Pallide ochraceus, alis anticis pallidis fusco irroratis, posticis 

 immaculatis lineold apicis fused. (Long. corp. 6 — 9 lin. ; Exj). Alar. 14 — 22 

 lin.) 



Phr. Lineola. Fillers Ent. iii. 41. — Lim. Striola. Leach. — Stejjh. Catal. 322. 

 No. 3685.— Lim. Strigosa. Phil. Mag. {Curtis) v. iv. p. 122 



Pale ochreous : eyes and sides of the thorax fuscescent; antennae pale fulvous; 

 anterior wings more or less freckled with minute brown dots, but in some 

 instances wholly immaculate ; these dots are occasionally united, and form 

 a distinct line on the hinder margin ; posterior wings very transparent and 

 delicate, the nervures and apex slightly tinged with ochreous-brown, with a 

 more or less distinct longitudinal streak of a darker hue on the latter ; 

 abdomen pale greenish, fuscescent above ; legs pale tawny, with pale 

 spines. 



Not uncommon, during the summer, in the vicinity of London ; 

 found also in Devonshire, in the New Forest, and near Carlisle ; also 

 in Scotland in July. 



Sp. 3. flavicornis. Ochraceus, abdomine virescente, alis anticis hyalinis griseo 

 variegatis, nervis margineque interiore J'uscojmnctaiis, antennis pedibusque 

 Jlavescentibv^. f (Long. corp. 5 — 6 lin.; Exp. Alar. 14 — 16 lin.) 



Phr. flavicornis. Fahricius. — Pictet, p. 151. pi. ix. /. 2. — Lim. flavicornis. 

 Stepk. Catal. 322. No. 3689. 



Ochreous: thorax brown above ; abdomen pale green beneath, the back and 

 sides griseous ; anterior wings very transparent, slightly variegated with 

 griseous towards the apex ; the nervures ochreous, sparingly freckled with 

 brown towards the inner edge of the wings, which is also slightly spotted 

 with the same : legs pale tawny, with black spines. 



Larva with the head and three anterior segments deep brown, with various 

 black streaks and marks, the following segment pale brown ; abdomen pale 

 greenish ; legs very long, brown, and spotted with black. 



Not uncommon in various parts of the country during the summer : 

 found also in Scotland. 



Sp. 4. dorsalis. Virescente-ochraceus, alis pallidis anticis hyalinis margine 

 interiore brunneo irroratis, antennis Jlavescentibus, brunneo annulatis. (Long, 

 corp. 5 — 64 lin.; Exp. Alar. 14—16 lin.) 



Lim. dorsalis. Steph. Catal. 322. No. 3687. 



Greenish-ochreous : abdomen brighter; wings pale; anterior hyaline, with 

 the inner margin very thickly, but irregularly, freckled with brown, with a 

 more transparent blotch beyond the middle, and a less distinct one covering 

 the transverse nervures; posterior wings very transparent and immaculate. 



